HomeNews Nightdive’s Star Wars: Dark Forces remaster will launch next February4K in February 4K in February Image credit:Nightdive Studios/Lucasfilm Games Image credit:Nightdive Studios/Lucasfilm Games The remaster moves Dark Forces over to Nightdive’s own KEX engine, and makes it playable at 4K resolutions at 120fps. There will also be higher resolution textures, remastered cutscenes, gamepad support and more. Dark Forces tells the story of Empire defector and mercenary Kyle Katarn, and features Doom-style shooting and circle-strafing in original trilogy environments....

HomeGuides NYT Connections hint and answers (Tuesday, October 24)Need a hint for today’s Connections? Read our guide for help with Connections #135 Need a hint for today’s Connections? Read our guide for help with Connections #135 Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/NYT Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/NYT This guide is for a previous day! Looking for today’s solution? Check out theConnections hint and answers for Thursday 26th December! Want a hint for Connections today?...

HomeNewsRocksmith Rocksmith 2014 has been removed from sale ten years after release, and its DLC will followStrings cut Strings cut Rocksmithis Ubisoft’s take onGuitar Hero, with the key difference being that you can play it with a real guitar. That makes it a good teaching tool as much as it is a game. Or made it a good teaching tool, anyway - Rocksmith 2014 has been removed from sale almost ten years to the day after it launched....

HomeNewsgame jam Stretch reality to solve platforming puzzles in this fun little free gameMade in 72 hours, Stretchmancer won the latest Ludum Dare game jam Made in 72 hours, Stretchmancer won the latest Ludum Dare game jam Image credit:Ollie Powell, Tom Carrell, Adam Butcher, Ezgi Hazal Aygan Image credit:Ollie Powell, Tom Carrell, Adam Butcher, Ezgi Hazal Aygan Stretch and compress rooms to make your escape in Stretchmancer, a nice little puzzle-platformer you can play for free....

HomeNews Sony shedding jobs at support studios, according to staff Image credit:Sony Interactive Entertainment Image credit:Sony Interactive Entertainment 2023’s mass eradication of the games industry continues with reports of layoffs at Sony Interactive Entertainment and PlayStation Studios. It’s unclear how extensive these losses are - Sony have yet to provide comment, at the time of writing - but they appear to include staff at PlayStation’s Visual Arts studio, based in San Diego, which supports developers likeThe Last of Uscreators Naughty Dog andSpider-Man 2creators Insomniac....

HomeNews Final Fantasy XIV will get even harder achievements, if the player who already earned all 2,700 of them asks for it“Just drop us a message on the forums" “Just drop us a message on the forums" FINAL FANTASY XIV: DAWNTRAIL - Extended Teaser TrailerWatch on YouTube FINAL FANTASY XIV: DAWNTRAIL - Extended Teaser Trailer “First and foremost, I want to just say, wow, big congratulations,” Yoshida said to the anonymous Japanese player during a press conference at last weekend’sFinal FantasyFan Festival in London....

HomeNewsFinal Fantasy “I hope you’re hungry because this irony is delicious.” Image credit:Stephen Maurice Graham Image credit:Stephen Maurice Graham When I was a kid I sort of hated Frasier. It was one of those shows you’d find in the 6pm slot on terrestrial TV, back when you had to show up for TV episodes on time or miss them forever, and as far as 10-year-old me was concerned, 6pm was Simpsons hour....

HomeReviewsGhostrunner 2 Ghostrunner 2 review: an unforgiving cyberpunk slasher you’ll either love or despiseA love or hate relationship A love or hate relationship Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/505 Games Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/505 Games I know some things aren’t for me: The sitcom Friends, a small bowl exclusively filled with olives as a side dish, V-neck t-shirts. But I appreciate that while I might not get on with them, many others will enjoy the bite of an olive on its own, or the increased airflow to their larynx as they chortle at Joey doing the silly thing he does at Rachel, or whatever....

HomeNewsThe Lords of the Fallen New Lords of the Fallen updates make sweeping, transformative changes to New Game+Hexworks also tweaks AI to stop enemies dogpiling you quite so often Hexworks also tweaks AI to stop enemies dogpiling you quite so often Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/CI Games Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/CI Games Hexworks are making some pretty comprehensive adjustments to fantasy SoulslikeRPGLords of the Fallen, rejigging the AI so that enemies won’t pursue you quite as far when you run past them, and patching how the New Game Plus options work to give players more control over the difficulty curve....

HomeGuides NYT Connections hint and answers (Monday, October 23)Need a hint for today’s Connections? Read our guide for help with Connections #134 Need a hint for today’s Connections? Read our guide for help with Connections #134 Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/NYT Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/NYT This guide is for a previous day! Looking for today’s solution? Check out theConnections hint and answers for Thursday 26th December! Want a hint for Connections today?...

HomeReviewsSubpar Pool Subpar Pool review: the most charming pool-golf you’ll ever play, but not quite a hole(down) in oneMissed cue Missed cue Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Grapefrukt Games Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Grapefrukt Games As Rare famously discovered back in the 90s, if you stick a pair of eyes on an inanimate object, it immediately becomes the most adorable thing you’ve ever seen in your life. TakeSubpar Pool’s cue ball. What could have been just a straightforward mash-up of pool meets golf is suddenly given a new lease of life, warmth, charm and character, just because it has little eyes and a dumb, goofy smile plastered on its face....

HomeDeals This 1440p 240Hz LG monitor is down to $350 in the USNormally $500. Normally $500. Image credit:LG Image credit:LG Last week we recommended one of LG’s 27-inch Fast IPS monitors at the popular 1440p 144Hz spec point, and now we’re back to look at one better: a 1440p 240Hz model that’s going for $350 via LG’s US web store or Amazon’s US storefront if you prefer.[LG US] Get the LG 27GR83Q-B UltraGear Gaming Monitor for $350 (was $500)[Amazon US] Get the LG 27GR83Q-B UltraGear Gaming Monitor for $350 (was $500)In general, 1440p 240Hz monitors are well-placed to offer a very smooth experience in esports titles while still having enough detail for slower fare to look good - which is nice when you’re spending this amount of money on a monitor....

HomeNews Sakaguchi chose violence during on-stage battles in the MMO Image credit:Square Enix Image credit:Square Enix Final Fantasy XIV’s latest Fan Festival took place in London over the weekend, running two days of panels with theMMO’s development team, its director Naoki ‘Yoshi-P’ Yoshida and legendary series creator Hironobu Sakaguchi. In-betweenannouncing a new job for expansion Dawntrail, revealing anecdotes from the early days ofFinal Fantasyand awholebunchof crossovers on the way, Yoshi-P and Sakaguchi found time to kick back with some very silly hijinks during the game’s boss battles....